Today’s technology allows students and faculty to tell stories in powerful ways. The digital camera, editing software, and media outlets means that anyone can tell their story. Not only can learners of all ages tell their story, but they can share a curricular concept, help in professional learning, and/or create publicity for the school. With all of this capacity to create powerful stories, we need to remember what makes great stories for audiences. We should think about how stories help us learn and grow.

This site provides tools of ‘digital storytelling’ to students and combines them with teaching methods to help students tell their own powerful stories. Students must learn storyboarding, collaboration, elements of a story, videography, video editing, and publishing techniques to be digital storytellers. But we need to help students understand that the story is the most part.

Powerful storytelling comes from stories that articulate change and transformation to a community of learners. Powerful stories teach diverse view points, help shape culture, and allow students to actively share knowledge using today’s media. This site is designed to help empower students and teachers to become powerful storytellers in their community and world.